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THE SPANISH SERIES
CORDOVA
THE SPANISH SERIES
EDITED BY ALBERT F. CALVERT
Seville
Murillo
Cordova
The Prado
The Escorial
Spanish Arms and Armour
In preparation—
Goya
Toledo
Madrid
Velazquez
Granada and Alhambra
Royal Palaces of Spain
Leon, Burgos, and Salamanca
Valladolid, Oviedo, Segovia, Zamora, Avila, and Zaragoza
A CITY OF THE MOORS BY
ALBERT F. CALVERT AND
WALTER M. GALLICHAN
WITH 160 ILLUSTRATIONS
LONDON: JOHN LANE, THE BODLEY HEAD
NEW YORK: JOHN LANE COMPANY MCMVII
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Edinburgh: T. and A. Constable, Printers to His Majesty
To
THE DUKE OF SOTOMAYOR
Lord High Chamberlain to H.M. the King of Spain, etc.
My dear Duke,
Some of the pleasantest of my many pleasant memories of Spain areassociated with, as indeed they were derived from, the sympathy you havedisplayed in my work and the great kindness I ever received from theDuchess of Sotomayor and yourself. For these, I hope, sufficientreasons—not as one who seeks to liquidate a heavy debt of hospitality,but rather rejoices in his obligations—I beg you to accept thisdedication and permit me to associate your illustrious name with thismodest volume.
I am,
My dear Duke,
Your obliged and ever grateful,
ALBERT F. CALVERT.
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It would be unnecessary to enlarge upon the reasons for including astudy of Cordova in this series of Spanish Handbooks: indeed a series ofthis description would be incomplete without it. The beautiful,powerful, and wise Cordova,—‘the City of Cities,’ ‘the Pearl of theWest,’ ‘th